Local authority fostering service—manager
10.—(1) Each local authority shall appoint one of its officers to manage the local authority fostering service, and shall forthwith notify the Commission of—
(a)the name of the person appointed; and
(b)the date on which the appointment is to take effect.
(2) Regulations 7, 8 and 9 shall apply to the manager of a local authority fostering service, in relation to that service, as they apply to the manager of a fostering agency in relation to the fostering agency.
(3) The local authority shall forthwith notify the Commission if the person appointed under paragraph (1) ceases to manage the local authority fostering service.